Name That Flower: The Identification of Flowering Plants by Helen Lee, Ian M. Clarke (Paperback, 2003)

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This is a bestselling source of information on how to go about identifying flowering plants. The dissection of flowers, the methods of observing their structure, and the application of these to identification are clearly described. Profusely illustrated with over 130 detailed line drawings and eight pages of colour plates, this book contains a comprehensive chapter on floral structure, and introductions to the arrangement of flowers on plants, reproduction, plant structure and function, and the way plants are grouped and named. The authors describe how to apply this information to the identification of flowering plants and how to use the appropriate reference books. The final chapter deals with common plant families that are widespread in Australia, with illustrated examples of plants common in cultivation or in the wild. In addition, other commonly cultivated native or introduced plants are ted so that the reader can compare locally available material with the illustrations. A comprehensive glossary and bibliography is a welcome addition.

Author Biography

Ian Clarke is currently in charge of the plant identification service of the National Herbarium of Victoria. Between 1975 and 1990 he was associated with the Council of Adult Education in Melbourne as a tutor in flowering plant identification. Helen Lee, Honorary Research Fellow in the Botany Department, La Trobe University, has lectured in botany for many years both in Australia and overseas. She is a member of the Royal Society of Victoria and the Australian Systematic Botany Society.

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If you have an interest in gardening, or like to meander through the bush admiring the flora this book is for you.
It gives detailed descriptions of how to identify flowering plants, including family groups to help narrow your search.I would highly recommend this book for anyone who has an interest in horticulture.

If you want to learn how to ID plants by their parts, this will show you how to name the parts of all the weird and complicated flowers, making keying plants much easier for the non-botanist or beginner botanist. Great for identifying wild flowers and an important element in safely identifying edible wild foods.